Digital BW, The Print

Martin thank you very much for your comments.  You pretty much told 
me what I wanted to hear.  Sort of six of one half dozen of the 
other with a slight edge to the piezography system due to paper 
profiles. Thanks again.

Joe


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe231354" <drjoe2@c...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 10:16 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] My apologies in Advance, a very basic 
question
> 
> 
> > I am about to purchase my first inkjet printer.  I pretty much 
have
> > settled on the Epson 1280.  I will mostly do black and white 
work.
> > I am torn between using the MIS inks or the piezography system.  
The
> > MIS variable tone inks are interesting since you only have to 
buy a
> > set and use one of the work flows provided on their site.  
However
> > the piezography system appears to have workflows for different
> > papers worked out well.  However one has to purchase the software
> > and if I want a cool or warm tone I have to purchase separate
> > cartridge sets (I think). Please help, any suggestion or comment 
is
> > welcome.
> >
> Joe,
> 
> You are correct in the differences between the two systems. I have 
used both
> with good results. At the moment I have gravitated towards the 
Selenium
> Piezotone inks and the piezo plug-in because I personally find the 
hue of
> the inks very pleasing and I like the software. Once I got the 
print hue I
> wanted, I have not been inclined to change around much. With a 
fixed hue ink
> set you can have some variation in the hue of the final print by 
using
> different papers.
> 
> It is such a matter of personal taste it is very difficult to 
advise someone
> which way to go. It would be like trying to choose Oriental over 
Ilford
> paper sight unseen. If you pursue B&W inkjet printing, you may 
wind up
> sampling a few ink sets before you stick with one.
> 
> You can make excellent prints with both ink sets and their 
workflows. MIS-VM
> costs less initially since the software is free and the inks are 
cheaper as
> well. You all so have a wide range of warm to cool (or neutral to 
sepia with
> the Sepia-VM). I think Piezo route offers a quicker path to a good 
print as
> the ink to paper profiles are more refined with smoother tonal 
scales but
> you are locked into a single hue unless you change inks.
> 
> While printing from cartridges is not the best solution it is a 
way to get
> started and obtain some hands on experience. Try a couple of sets 
of MIS-VM
> cartridges and then a couple of sets of Piezotone. You'll need to 
spring for
> the plug-in though. Once you decide which you like plan on 
investing in a
> CIS.
> 
> For a long time I couldn't choose and I had two 1280's set up. One 
with MIS
> and one with Piezo.
> 
> Martin Wesley